Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem
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The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Oecumenical Knights of Malta is one of the 26 unrecognised (self-styled) orders
of St. John active in 2010. The order is not affiliated with the genuine Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta and Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), which are, respectively, a Roman Catholic and a Protestant order
of Knights-Hospitaller
s; neither of the genuine Orders of Saint John is fully oecumenical
. Their conjoint Committee on Orders of Saint John considers the so-called "Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Oecumenical Knights of Malta" to be a "false" order.
The "Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Oecumenial Knights of Malta" is linked to the Glorus Foundation, a so-called charitable trust and shareholder in the Euro-America Finance Holding International - Cayman Islands - Panama. In Germany the same organisation is called the "Kreuz des Südens" or "Cross of the South".
The false name uses the reputation and the trust that are given to the genuine Orders of Saint John. It attracts investors, mainly in the Caribbean, with promises of tax exemptions.
Self-styled orders
Pseudo-chivalric orders or self-styled orders are organizations which falsely claim to be chivalric orders. Most self-styled orders arose in or after the mid-eighteenth century and many have been created in the present day, though most are short-lived and endure no more than a few decades.A...
of St. John active in 2010. The order is not affiliated with the genuine Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta and Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), which are, respectively, a Roman Catholic and a Protestant order
Military order
A military order is a Christian society of knights that was founded for crusading, i.e. propagating or defending the faith , either in the Holy Land or against Islam or pagans in Europe...
of Knights-Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
s; neither of the genuine Orders of Saint John is fully oecumenical
Ecumenism
Ecumenism or oecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. It is used predominantly by and with reference to Christian denominations and Christian Churches separated by doctrine, history, and practice...
. Their conjoint Committee on Orders of Saint John considers the so-called "Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Oecumenical Knights of Malta" to be a "false" order.
The "Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Oecumenial Knights of Malta" is linked to the Glorus Foundation, a so-called charitable trust and shareholder in the Euro-America Finance Holding International - Cayman Islands - Panama. In Germany the same organisation is called the "Kreuz des Südens" or "Cross of the South".
The false name uses the reputation and the trust that are given to the genuine Orders of Saint John. It attracts investors, mainly in the Caribbean, with promises of tax exemptions.